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10 musculoskeletal CPT codes used most in 2021
A drain or injection in a major joint or bursa without an ultrasound is the musculoskeletal procedure with the highest volume in 2021, according to claims data in a June report from Definitive Healthcare.
ASC competition heating up in Colorado city
Montrose (Colo.) Regional Health received approval on May 25 to build an 80,000-square-foot ASC, nine days before another outpatient project broke ground in the city, according to the Montrose Press.
Joint venture ASC offering 20+ specialties set for Minnesota
Minneapolis-based Allina Health, MNGI Digestive Health and real estate firm Davis plan to build a multispecialty ASC in Lakeville, Minn., Healthcare Design reported June 6.
Private equity partners of 10 gastroenterology groups
Private equity is investing in gastroenterology as colonoscopies become increasingly in demand.
The 2 factors determining ASC success
ASC success boils down to CMS policy and cost management, according to Sandy Berreth, RN, administrator at Foothill Surgery Center in Santa Barbara, Calif. Below, she discusses those factors surgery centers can control and those they can’t.
Inflation is expected to drop later this year: Will ASCs catch a break?
U.S. inflation, which recently hit a 40-year apex of 8.5 percent, is expected to cool later this year and into 2023, the Congressional Budget Office said recently, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Orthopedic surgeons see biggest productivity jump of ASC specialties
Orthopedic surgeons saw a 7.3 percent increase in work relative value units from 2019 to 2021, according to the Medical Group Management Association’s 2022 “Datadive Provider Compensation Report.”
Owner, partner or employee: What’s the most attractive to young physicians?
Young physicians are entering the job field with three employment options: owner, employee or partner, the American Medical Association laid out in a June 2 post.
A CEO’s top 2 recurring issues
Alfonso del Granado serves as administrator and chief executive officer at Lubbock, Texas-based Covenant High Plains Surgery Center. Mr. del Granado will serve on the panel “What’s on the Horizon for Orthopedics and ASCs” at Becker’s 19th Annual S…
1 way to decrease companies’ annual costs with Helena Levenson, senior clinical consultant at Cardinal Health
Helena Levenson serves as senior clinical consultant of ambulatory surgery at Cardinal Health. Ms. Levenson will serve on the panel “How Orthopedic ASCs Take the Patient Experience to the Next Level” at Becker’s 19th Annual Spine, Orthopedic &…
